Re: [PHP3] CheckDNSRR failing on a valid domain

From: Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 02:50:46 +0000
Subject: Re: [PHP3] CheckDNSRR failing on a valid domain
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Hello Jason, On 22-Aug-99 10:48:03, you wrote: >> Either e-na.net and www.e-na.net are virtual hosts with the same IP that >> are hosted in whoopi.adgrafix.com . >I noticed that, but it doesn't help because it looks like the MX record for >e-na.net isn't answering the same way as many other domains do - normally Could that be broken? Should I ask the ISP to fix it or this is a tecnically legal situation? >> How can I determine if mlemos@e-na.net is a valid address then. >Normally you should be ok - have you tried it with other domains? Try it Yes, they work. I was trying from the same machine where I have the domain hosted. Could that influence the results? >with jason@qgl.org >It should return 1 even though I'm not pointing the MX record at "qgl.org" Yes, that works fine. >> Interesting, I own that domain and I was not told by the ISP that there >> would be a mail.e-na.net sub-domain. >It's a pretty standard thing to make an A record for a mail server - it >allows you to specify mail.yourdomain.com in your mail client, which a lot >of people seem to feel is important, like they're getting their very own >little complete network or something Yes, but in this case there are MX records for www.e-na.net and not for e-na.net . This is very odd. Regards, Manuel Lemos Web Programming Components using PHP Classes. Look at: http://phpclasses.UpperDesign.com/?user=mlemos@acm.org -- E-mail: mlemos@acm.org URL: http://www.mlemos.e-na.net/ PGP key: http://www.mlemos.e-na.net/ManuelLemos.pgp --

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